One historian says that Michigan’s Great Fire of 1881 in some ways still burns, offering lessons about how to prevent future ...

Winter is the very best time to get lost in a museum. Whittling away an entire afternoon without having to step outside once?

Had the Chicago History Museum known what was about to befall America’s second largest city, it might not have scheduled its current exhibition, “City on Fire: Chicago 1871.” Or, at least, it would ...